# Bodies Difficult to See When Using Subtract Tool

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/bodies-difficult-to-see-when-using-subtract-tool/36482>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [February 11, 2025, 5:48pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/bodies-difficult-to-see-when-using-subtract-tool/36482 "2025-02-11T17:48:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bad\_at\_Cad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e4f/32.png) [@Bad\_at\_Cad](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Bad_at_Cad)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 5:48pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/bodies-difficult-to-see-when-using-subtract-tool/36482/1 "2025-02-11T17:48:46Z")

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Often when using the Subtract tool, after selecting the “Bodies to Remove From”, the selected body turns a bright purple and all the other bodies intersecting it (some or all of which are the very ones I want to subtract/remove) become extremely difficult to see if not invisible entirely. It makes it very hard to select them and continue using the tool. On top of that, selecting the Subtract tool also reveals every single hidden line, so the screen also becomes a jumbled mess of spaghetti with the hidden geometry from every body being revealed.

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**Author:** ![GroMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@GroMark](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/GroMark)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 6:23am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/bodies-difficult-to-see-when-using-subtract-tool/36482/2 "2025-02-12T06:23:50Z")

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Yes, it seems since a few weeks, that Shapr3d got some layering problems. It might be very easy to solve, they just didn‘t take the time for it.